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News • 07 Jun 2023

Transforming furniture into a conversation for our future

Jess Hodge is the co-founder of Resourceful Living, a company addressing the plastic crisis by giving new life to recycled products through developing sustainable pathways for plastic waste.

News • 06 Jun 2023

Revolutionary Australian battery recycling technology startup advances its breakthrough battery metals recovery process

Australian Battery Recycling Technology Company Battery Pollution today revealed a co-operation agreement with Australia’s University of Newcastle focussed on the development of proprietary processes for the recovery of cobalt, lithium, graphite and nickel from spent Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage System batteries

News • 24 May 2023

Brightest minds power quest for brain cancer cure

The world’s best and brightest experts on the quest to find a cure for brain cancer will unite in Newcastle to share research insights and identify further ways to collaborate and accelerate their mission.

News • 23 May 2023

Green growth in Asia not ‘greenwashing’ but strategic energy shift

A new book endorsed by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and prominent scholar Ross Garnaut explores why East Asia has become a leader in green energy industries but has been slow to reduce carbon emissions.

News • 22 May 2023

Warm your Head and Heart!

Our friends at Mark Hughes Foundation have just released this year’s beanie designs! When you buy a beanie, all of the proceeds will support crucial brain cancer research and treatment.

News • 10 May 2023

Transgrid partners with the University of Newcastle to create energy jobs for Hunter graduates

Transgrid has established a formal partnership with the University of Newcastle to create education, training and employment opportunities for students and support future energy projects in the Hunter.

News • 10 May 2023

University takes another step in its efforts to deliver hydrogen innovations on a global scale

The University of Newcastle is one of more than a dozen international signatories on a new Global Partnership for Hydrogen Innovation. An official signing of the partnership agreement took place on 10 May 2023 at the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

News • 09 May 2023

Partnership puts Green Ammonia project on fast track for real world use

A cleaner greener future is one step closer thanks to a new $18 million research partnership between the University of Newcastle and Australian company Element One, and the Australian Government.

News • 08 May 2023

The true impact of the Black Summer fires on frogs

The first extensive survey of amphibian communities since the 2019-20 Australian Black Summer bushfires has revealed the true impact of severe fire on frogs in eastern NSW.

News • 05 May 2023

Launch of frog ‘hotels’ in Olney State Forest

Olney State Forest is now home to a series of frog ‘hotels’ designed to support threatened frog species, thanks to a partnership between Forestry Corporation of NSW and the University of Newcastle.

News • 04 May 2023

Rethink needed on Hunter’s economic development priorities

For the first time, knowledge-producing jobs in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, such as those in the professional and information services, outnumber goods generating jobs, like manufacturing and mining.

News • 03 May 2023

Keeping businesses moving, from dream to done

Keiran James is a cofounder of BusinessSales, a one-stop online platform for buying and selling businesses, with a pricing model that’s disrupting the traditional sales industry business model.

Events

Webinar

New oral history resources and training

For those interested in oral history methodology and practice, there are two new resources available.

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When Tuesday 17 March 2026
2:20pm - 2:20pm
Location  Online

In person

FLIP Speed Networking

FLIP the script - connect, inspire, succeed!

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When Thursday 14 May 2026
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Duration 2 hours
Location  I2N Hub Honeysuckle

In person

Communicating your Unique Edge - A HunterWiSE Network Event

Join us for this practical, interactive workshop designed to help you define your unique edge - and communicate it with confidence at work.

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When Thursday 21 May 2026
8:00am - 9:30am
Location  Q Building, Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle

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Founders Unfiltered

Not every entrepreneurial moment makes it to the highlight reel.

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When Thursday 28 May 2026
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Duration 2 hours
Location  I2N Hub, Honeysuckle